Spreading, dense tree with a rounded crown and grey to redish brown bark. Leaves are narrow, lance-shaped and peppermint-scented. They are grey to green in colour on young trees and bluish green or light green on adult trees. Flowers are produced in small groups (of 7), are white in colour and are borne in autumn. Eucalyptus nicholii can grow to about 16m high and 12m wide. Grows in dry grassy woodland, on shallow soils of slopes and ridges